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I don't believe Niseko or Hakuba ever have any dry spells, DiGriz.
it just rains instead
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lol, its holding on!
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NZSIA Level 1 is a 5-day course (including exam)
Doing the Level 1 course & exam and then going straight into the Level 2 course & exam whilst not out of the question is unrealistically optimistic IMHO.
Hehe yeah, unless the instructional company offers it it'd probably make you look real cocky and just piss them off
Ive seen it offered when I was in Canada and USA, so thought it might be something pretty common.
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Afaik you might want to organize for 1 and 2 at the same time?
I thought level 1 was a 2-3 day job and then you're done, and you'll be stuck with only beginner skiers all the time.
Are you sure you want to do it tho?
Most ski instructors are dicks.
You will get used to telling people what to do, and so you'll figure that gives you the right to tell EVERYBODY what to do.
Pretty soon your ego will be so huge you will need a convertible to be able to fit your head in.
Figuring you are always the center of attention, you must always ski in perfect form. So much so, that you now look like a robot with a pole up its ass when going down the hill. Even out of uniform in your off days you can be spot a mile away. Then one day suddenly you realize you've lost the enjoyment that skiing used to bring you.
ps: my opinion of ski / snowboard instructors may have ever so slightly effected the advice ive given here today
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Where theres a will theres a way
theres a foot of powder on my roof.
i just had an idea for the next busy day!
'private powder'
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Spent the morning skiing with Anything. Some knee deep stuff around..
A bit windy and very crowded..
Why is it crowded any special holiday or just the way it is?
was still finding stashes of freshies at 2pm tho.
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ski crashes are so much fun to see
I think Charlie's first stack was the best tho.Was this was pretty early in the Holiday 'extra pow' area ?
just before where the cracks are forming?
not like im gonna hit it tho, broken too many bones already
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Mike - a question in ignorance, when you talk about the depth you were getting is it better to be deeper? As a boarder my aim is to really try and float on top.
Anything - do they still have signs up saying you cant ride under swinging monkey, that was a great small 1/2 pipe last Dec
When that was packed we used to just walk up that little hill on the right before the litte slope to monkey lift line and drop in the back there which was a LOT of fun. Sorry not sure exactly what its called. I imagine you are already aware of that though?it seems Mike likes to wear non-powder skis so that he sinks into the powder more.
Its more difficult to ski, but it means he is waist deep (or neck deep!) into the powder and guaranteed face shots all day long.
Not exactly sure how he does it, I ski on fat powder skis and half the time I need a snorkel to breathe and cant see where im going either. Maybe he has snow gills!! some sort of waterworld mutant.
Imo, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, like hitting the hard stuff underneath, and not being able to get as far out into the slackcountry, and the track back is more difficult to push through.
but Mike has been doing it a long time, knows what he's doing, and must love it. i'm sure he thinks us fat ski skiers are crazy
, ive almost got a snowboard on each foot. But in the end it doesnt matter, its just cool to see great skiers out and about enjoying the conditions.the half pipe doesnt seem to be forming as much as ive seen it previously. i think they realized the more they maintain it the more people 'break the rules' and hit it
the little hike at the gondola is Miharashi (i spelled it correctly this time?)
technically its a black chopped up mogul run, but I dont know anybody that actually skis the run. you've got 180 degrees worth of fresh powder tree runs
I only gave it one try on Sunday, but even that was garbage. the wind must have been curling around the mountain all night and compacting the snow and creating snowdrifts that like to grab onto your legs and faceplant you for kicks.
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Cool to see that you had such a good day. seems like I shouldn't have given up so easily.
I managed to catch the great snow on Sat afternoon. Lucky I did, because Sunday sucked for me.
I didnt need to queue for a ticket, so I managed 2 runs on the gondola before the lineup was huge. 900 million 'powder frothers' were lining up for swinging monkey, so I gave konayuki and mihirashi a go. I was shocked to find they were such bad quality snow and snow drifts, that I thought I might try to see how it deposited on super ridge instead. Saw the lineup for ace quad was just as bad.
When compared to the quality only 12 hours before I ended up shaking my fist at the sky while cursing, and went home.
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So were these people going to areas that are actually ok? There were gates, right? Or are these gates in this case there to stop people from going.
Sorry, never been up there.
the avi report is constantly talking about people ducking ropes. so it sounds like they went out a closed gate or ducked the ropes into the gated area.
as far as i saw, the gates were closed all of yesterday. with the huge wind and drifts i reckon it would have been pretty lousy conditions anyway.
I didn't think they did much with cracks. most of the time they arent marked or fenced (nor do I think ski patrol are responsible to), with so many unprepared / reckless skiers it might have happened anyway.
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when you see 8, 9, 10 and 11s on the snow forecast you know its time to do some snow clearing in preparation.
my entrance walkway before i destroyed it (too much effort to maintain):
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I have Niseko Drinks every night!
just sometimes they're at home. alone. in the cold. curled in a ball crying to myself.
ps: ill meet up, but you forgot to include when / where
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if only my goggles had windscreen wipers!
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M Hotel didnt work out?
You could try looking for places in the Izumikyo areas. I still count them part of hirafu, but its separated in most searches.
Still has shuttle busses to/from the slopes / etc, but is a little further away.
Niseko is 4 resorts. So you could also try Niseko Village (aka Higashiyama), or Annupuri. I dont think Hanazono has any accom.
Otherwise, in hirafu, ive stayed at the red ski house
a couple of times before I started doing longer stays (I couldnt find a snowjapan link for them). They've been pretty quick to respond to emails previously.
note to self: say hi to all short blondes
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im still shocked that Wild Bills does 'food'
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ANDY LOVES POW!
I just had such a fantastic day I just had to let everyone know.
the peak and peak gates opened again today at Niseko. Although I had to cut the runout, I lapped jacksons like a crazy person, getting 20+ linked turns of untracked pow every run.
can barely walk im soo tired.
alexeiw123 has prompted the suggestion of a niseko SJ meetup, bit of a ski, then drinks. sounds like a pretty great idea to me.
but anyone wanna do the hard work of working out a date ;P
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i dont mind the niseko dissing. i just hand people a tall poppy
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there must be quite a few buried in the snow.
recently i've seen lots of go pros mounted with a safety string as backup.
makes me want to extend my stay and cash in during the thaw.
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we're on to you Mike. your secret super-hero identity is David.
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get some skis instead?
then you can join us in making fun of the boarders stuck on the flat.
hi mate..
have not seen you out for a few days...
Very windy today at niseko.. . top lifts were going real slow.. but lots of deep pow around..
hey!
how goes the tree skiing?
ive been out (except today), and even went night skiing a few days ago. But i dont line up more than once, so when it gets busy down the bottom i give up.
its been clear weather at night, and busy during the day, so less enthusiastic than usual.
but the forecast for the next 7 days looks fantastic, probably 30+cm every day
ive cleared a little extra snow around the house just in case
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get some skis instead?
then you can join us in making fun of the boarders stuck on the flat.
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will be stay at hilton niseko for 2 night (4-6 feb)
yeah yeahh i know.. 2 days is not enough for sure....
now i'm looking for buses and lift ticket..
why the 1 day package (roundtrip + skilift at 4500) is more more cheaper than
2 day package? (at 14.000)
any recomendation which package to book??
which one better? whiteliner?? chuo buses?? donan buses?? or just looking at the sapporo station travel agent??
i'm staying at hilton niseko.and beginner
is it possible for beginner to take the lift to the top from niseko village and ski down to hirafu area??
many thanks folks...
Niseko is 4 ski resorts combined. The difference in prices you found is probably because one lift ticket is for niseko village only, the other is for all mountain (niseko united, which gives you access to annupuri, niseko village, hirafu and hanazono).
ive not taken chuo or donan bus from sapporo before, so no comment there. i only recently use white liner, and skybus a long time ago.
whiteliner have more scheduled times than chuo. and book / etc in english. but you need to book in advance.
it is possible for a beginner to ski to / from niseko village to hirafu and back.
from the top of the gondola its about 50m m walk slightly uphill. on the way back its just enough angle to ski down and not have to walk.
ive seen the ace pair #3 lift running in even the most harsh windy weather, but randomly at other times not running in a near-still day. same goes for the niseko village gondola. the alternative is a free bus operates between the resorts, that seems to run every 15mins or so.
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really happy with my new Arc'teryx jacket, should tie me over for another 10 years ;p